Woman's Call - Woman's Call

…In the Izu Islands, this move occurred at the same time as the transfer of the husband's family home, when the husband's parents retired. In some areas, this was called "onna no yobai," and the wife would temporarily visit the husband's family home. On the other hand, visiting the wife also had the meaning of proposing marriage, and there is a synonymous word for this, yobai. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "onna no yobai" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…伊豆諸島ではこの引移りは，夫方の世帯譲渡がおこなわれるのと同時期で，この際夫の両親は隠居した。〈女のよばい〉といわれて，妻が夫方婚舎に一時的に通う地域もあった。　他方，妻訪いは求婚の意味ももち，これと同意の語によばいがある。…

※「女のよばい」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典｜株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第２版について | 情報